Sale 10701
London
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8 December 2015
Price realised
GBP 12,500
Estimate
A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME WOOD GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SOUTH AUSTRIAN, CIRCA 1470-80 The reverse hollowed out 46 ½ in. (118 cm.) high
Provenance
Fritz Prause, Klagenfurt, 20 December 1996, from where acquired by the father of the present owners, and by descent.
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